Falling in love is not what they’re expecting…Wife. Widow. Mother-to-be.All Caitlin Calhoun wanted was to honor her late husband by having his baby. But thanks to an unfortunate mix-up, her baby’s father is her husband’s half-brother. Caitlin would like to keep that little secret between the two of them. Marine. Uncle? Biological donor-daddy?“Lucky” Luke Calhoun Jr. has always been unlucky in … donor-daddy?
“Lucky” Luke Calhoun Jr. has always been unlucky in love. Family is the last thing the battle-hardened Marine expected to have––not with all the bad blood running through his own. But he’s not the kind of man to turn his back on his child or the child’s mother.
Can the unluckiest Calhoun convince Caitlin he’s the real deal?
She’s having his baby…and they’re about to meet for the first time. Don’t miss this bundle of joy––get your copy of The Marine’s Baby, Maybe today!
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First time reading for this author…loved the story, such emotions you will feel and the military base as well. You won’t be disappointed!!
The Calhoun family sounds like something from a Jerry Springer Show until they display their true selves. I loved Lucky (Luke Jr) he was the real deal and the hero of this story, a good honorable man. Caitlin was a little harder to like she seemed shallow at first but grief and pregnancy hormones will do that. I enjoyed the slow building relationship between these two and the rest of the Calhoun Clan. This book is well-written with great characters and an amazing plot.
I have never read a book with this story line. Fresh and new. Connected to the characters and you get a real feel for Cait and Lucky along with the supporting characters. No spoilers here it is one you definitely need to read.
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What a emotional ride. Lucky is placed in a no win situation but try’s so hard. Great ending for them. But I wanted more.
Cait is a young widow, really still just a newlywed. When she receives a letter from a sperm bank regarding her husband’s account, she sees a way to honor him by having his child. Unfortunately, due to an error, she ends up pregnant from a batch from his older half-brother’s account. Talk about a complicated family dynamic!
Caitlyn was a widow right after she married Luke Calhoun; he died serving his country. She found out he had stored his sperm and decided to put it to use. Three months along and she found out a mistake had been made; she was pregnant with his half-brother’s baby with the same name! Calhoun is what he called himself to differentiate from his dead half-brother. He found out about the mix-up and wanted to care for Cait and the baby. Once he met her, he was taken by her looks and her charm. His other half-brother Bruce was also in the picture. Family dynamics were severely messed up with the Calhoun clan. Once he manages to take her into the family fold, the truth would eventually surface, especially how they feel about one another~ Will the truth about the baby bring everyone together or tear them apart, especially the true parents?
All I can say is wow! I enjoyed reading this book, I loved the connection and drama between Lucky and “the widow-bride”
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! What happens when as a military wife you receive the dreaded visit to inform you that your husband has been killed in action? But there’s more. You have a chance to keep a part of your husband with you because he left a specimen. Okay, here’s where it gets tricky. The half brother your husband never told you about also left a specimen. The complications are just beginning, and our heroine has to make the mind-boggling decision that will change her life forever!
The bold and intriguing premise really pulled me into the story, which doesn’t begin like your usual romance novel. I enjoyed the insider feel of a soldier’s life and really felt for the hero and heroine as they tried to make sense of an unthinkable mix-up and loss.
Caitlin Calhoun was at a loss. Her husband of 3 months was killed in action. As she searches for a place to stay, she knows that she needs to stay close to her husband. Her father wants her to move home. She has decided to work and put her degree to use. She also has made other plans. Lucky Luke Calhoun Jr. is used to be mixed up with his half brother Luke. Mail and packages have been switched and it was no big deal. Only this time, the mix up was at the cryobank where they keep specimen in case the soldier never makes it home. Imagine when both are informed of this mix up. All the old slights have come back. Can he pretend to be an uncle when he really is a father? Can he stand to be around his family? Caitlin wants family and so she decides to move near the Calhoun family. With this child, it is time for all the old hurts to be solved. In the process, an old Master Sergeant at the VA sends Lucky a gift. I can just picture this puppy. Love the puppy, love the child. Who knew love could come around for a second time for Caitlin and the first time for Lucky.
He’ll sacrifice it all for her happiness and well being…
Oh WOW!! I was pleasantly surprised with this beautiful and touching story. Starting it left me a little confused at first, trying to wrap my head around all the same names and family dynamics… and all that happens to set this amazing story up. Oh WOW!! Look beneath that gruff surface that is Luke “Lucky” Calhoun, you see such a heart of gold. He made me cry!
When we assume what’s on the surface level of a person, our first impressions can often leave us misguided. Luke “Lucky” and Caitlin are having a baby… normally this would be a joyous occasion but what if you didn’t know each other existed. Awkward times ahead for sure.
The emotions and feelings that run through this book will touch your heart. They are both struggling but without trust, communication and really knowing each other it’s going to be difficult, especially when they both feel unwanted and at a loss with how to accept what is. It’s a journey for them both and their families… that is beautifully captured also through out the words that Rogenna has gifted you with this story – THE MARINE’S BABY, MAYBE.
It will take a great deal of trust, strength, courage and compromise to work through all the ramifications this pregnancy brings. That there is always someone special that will make an impact, in more ways than can be counted that lead us to new possibilities and something lasting. Trying love again is possible, maybe??
I totally adored the characters, their flaws, their strengths and especially this storyline. It’s a page turning weekend read. Emotional – there will be moments of smiles and then those heartbreaking words that bring about tears.